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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1908-06-25, Page 3M' {14tf1.a0rila '�.*01•Rata. 1rs1"110.s' trilliswillPweassAln91.401184a401r41111190.419/41411b/4 PAUL VANE'S WIFE After of the flesh deep hush emotion tumultuous applause placed the, seal of approval np0n the poet's play. And di- rectly the actors, flushed with triumph, descended into the hall and mingled with the guests, all proudly ponding the cos- ' tuums of "L[o' Fatal Vow," V w," with the ex- ception of Cordy Hall, who, still fuming verbio misfit, hurried to his room to bo le ire, it asidewith a bitter anathema .ml7gel himself into irreproachable even- ing dress. To him the unfortunate stage costume appeared the bitterest trial of his life; for the ardent young mot as 'pivot to the hand of the beantifnl heir- ess, and he feared that the poor figure he had been compelled to eat in the badly fitting suit had damaged his pros- pects of suecess. While the grand ball -room was being cloned of seats and arranged for the dancing by the servants, Frank Barrett invitee' the guests to follow him out into the moonlit grounds to enjoy a novel sarprisc he had prepared for them. Frank had taken a little trip to Phila- delphia 0 few clay, he 1000, and had ear - tied out a clever plat for amusing hiss Lisle's guests. When they followed him to the tennis -grounds they saw a large balloon held captive, ready for an ascent in the moonlight. "0h, how charming!" cried Mrs. Au- brey, the gay w'idow, clapping her hands in eager delight. With a graceful pima - este, she began to hum: "Up in a balloon, up in a balloon! All among the little stars, Sailing round the moon!" Every one 1v0nted to go first, every one made 0 dash far thelittle ates lead- ing up into the gayly decorated car; but Frank Barrett, waving then' hack suavo- ly, exclaimed: • "Only a couple at a- time—aid,. first Of all, our beautiful hostess, Miss Lisle, with either of her subjects she chooses to honor" Miss Lisle was there, leaning on. Pail V'ane's ann. She looked at hiul with a luring smile in her dark -blue eyes. "1 choose you," she said, carelessly, and he bowed assent, then glanced around for Vivian, The young wife lt'a3 not far away, and she looked at hint with a smiling cen- sent ; but in her heart she wished that it were she, not Loraine, av110 would he his companion in his 1 meals; moonlight tisane. Paul \'one led his beautiful companion forward; they ascended the steps of !L0 little ear, and in 0 few minutes a joyous 5110111 from those below moor sed the ascent of time balloon v''th its tw.. Deed pants, 1Vlien the brief, di:0y trip was obleal and they returned to terra firma, there was 0 grave look on the rector's hand some fake and a strange light of elation in Loraine's eyes. Others followed, amid general excite - Meat and pleasure, and Mr lne:e than as lion• the balloon was busy conv,yirid delighted passengers "up among the stns." Vivian Vane, who had. almost forgot- ten her depression of a while ago in the eshila'ttion of this novel entertainment had waited eagerly as,0.,0hf111 for .hess ower th'n:to'cone, and hopedthat fill might be :her coiupaniot;'- but, through some clever manoeuvre of Lotaiue Lisle's «smite brain, she found that Colonel Fantle was to go with her in the hot- vc,nyard uscellt. Loraine - stood close to the car when 11 leaped into the air, and she smiled cruel- ly when she stealthily withdrew her (rand from the rope, hiding in the folds of her dress a glittering knife with which she had severed the rope from the balloon, letting it shoot up•wildly into the sky, CHAPTER XVIII. An hour of terrible temptation had come to Loraine Lisle tonight, and, yielding blindly to her weakness, she had stained her soul with an awful crime, While afloat in the aerial car with Paul Vane, the thought of this cruel deed had come to her with a suddenness that almost took her •breath away, and during the how' tint followed her de. scent she had carried out unfalteringly the programme of her wicked plot, Loraine, with others, had stood close to the rope that held the captive balloon, and from tittle to time a little adroit work with the pretty jewelled dagger that fastened her belt had skilfully hack. ed the last round of the rope. Each time it became weaker and weaker with the great strain upon it, until at the desired moment it parted easily from the few strands that held it, and the ascending 11010011 shot rapidly skyward, to the consternation of all below wino witnessed it and of the two voyage's, whose smiles of a moincut 10,0 turned to; exelaiis- iions of horror when 'ley realize,( their deadly peril. It 1011 _ tile work- of it -fiend this deed of Loa one 1'ac's, but uo 0110(10 of regret dimmed the rediaue of her splendid eyes OS 511e stn the cun,picte success of her undertaking. The, captive •oalloon--captive no loner, but freed Bit' the stealthy work of 'he' cruel hands—bounded like a dialler, up, up, up into the moonlit sky, ,among the hosts of little stars, and the shrieks of the enjoin)! observers rang like anisic in her ,ars, for they 1014 of time deadly peril of the two whom she hated now with a bitter hatred that longed to coni. pass their death, '.And -they are going new to their doom. There is not one diamine in 10 thou- sand that they can b' sa sit: thought, with secret exultation, while sire pretended to be dismayed at the ow. ful accident, That was what they all called it --an accident—and Loraine ilroight with sec- ret glee of her clever waffle, Every one who exainined the stub of rope that retnnined fastened to the wind- lass deela10'd that it had broken at an imperfect place. It 00,15 in1, sharply cut; it was d0werly haggled by the dull dagger, and in the meoulight 0 certainly looked as if it hal been worn loose by reason of the strong strain upon it. Ao one thought of anything else and loud mud wild were the lauumt.utmns Hutt arose upon the air. "Ritt wine's is \lr. Vane? Oh! where is 11r. Vane? It is very strange that ha did not go with his wife!' c i0d Miss Thornton, wringing her white hands de- spairingly. "ll'. Vane n'as sent for just new to the death -beat of one of his parishioners, and left promising to return at til+ earn- est moment, Oh Marren' rile will broil; this awfui news to hon?" cried Miss Lisle. le. rn a vole at c anguish. as sit;' knelt by her poor old grandmother, who had fainted ,id lay prostrate on the 110000, No one i-olunteereti—no 0110 was bravo enough to rend It strong man's heart with the tidings of his wife's awful peril, Fronk Barrett, honest, genial, manly fel- low that he was, cams appalled at the result of the note) surprise he had taken such pleasure in providing for the guests of the evening. Ile grew pale as death, Duda sol, rose in his throat es he looked up and saw with despairing eyes the light balloon soiling fat into space at its own wayward will, with its precious freight of two human souls, "That lovely, noble woman and that 1 glorious man. ---'Gene,' my best -loved friend' he oast; and, sinking on his knees, prayed silently and fervently that (lot would spare the two •precious lives tossing overhead at the mercy of that frail air -balloon, The ball broke up in disorder. Who cold dance new'? Pale, weeping, half. women were placed in their ensilages by men with ghastly faces and trembling hands, and sent home. Horror brooded over every heart. Lovely Vivian, who 1105 idoliycvl by half tine country. side fe t c- heonty and her goodness. end(futile Eddie,: the gallant soldier! Who. nits could have been so Iapnented"as these two'! "And the worst of it all," G'randmere Lisle said, pl0inticely, Bores later, to the young ladies who sat 0liinit her. )milling with her over the awful sea - dent, all too excited to sloop—"tho worst of it all, -Loraine, ;is that my poor dear girl, my pretty Vivian, expected a very Interested event in about, two more (mutlis, Did you know that, my dear?" "Xo, I did not know 0," answered Loraine; but, among the ]num of sus. prised exclamations that echoed around her, she added to herself: "If I had known it sooner 1 would not have spared her—I would have done the same." "Well,' it is true," said Graldnaere Lisle, and the hitter teals ren down her withered old elieeks, "011, how 1 loved that sweet, motherless girl!" she sighed. "And 1 00(10 so interested in the happi- ness that was coming to her; and sire talked to me about it so prettily, with such want blushes rad such shy plea- sures; for she was so bashful over it, ,he could talk to no orae about 0 except myself and her husband." "11 was not a very interesting subject," Loraine commented, with Yearling, lip; but what her grandmother had said 010(10 bee hate Vivian even mere bitterly in her secret heart - "No, I do not suppose it would he very interesting tie you," lbs. Linde nn - swoosh with a pained sigh, "But to me it made 11rs. Vee seem lovelier an,l dearer than she was before. i, do not nonember to have been so mid! inter este,] 111'11ny Poing, wife before, except your dein' mother, Loraine, before you were born." Mrs, Lislo"o voice broke, and the sound of 0 low sob rose above it, dosis 'I born ton's warm heart bad Leen melted In what she had boiled, tit 1 ewct'y girl in the room was 1n tears, except Loraine, who bit Ler lips to keep from scolding ''the. tvhole silly 101," as she termed them to herself, "Grurloaere, I nm very, very tired. I will retire if you think you 0011 do with your :maid," she said, ungraciously. CHAPTER XIX. "Yes, go, ilear,". said the old Indy, gently. "])o not let the keep any of you, she added, kindlx. "Come, girls, let us• all go to bed, said the h0uess. d'.1I grandmother will do notch better alone, 7. nm sure"; and site was glad when sire herself was locked into the solitude of her own room, where she could throw off the mask of solid - tare and give vent to ler real feelings. She went to the window and looked with strained, dark eyes up into the ster1y empyrean, to see if there yet re- mained any signs of the floating depth- trap to which she had consigned the man mace wildly loved„now relentlessly hated, and her lovely, innocent rival. 'There was no sign, My lady moon sailed high in the cloudless veal, of deep, dark blue, with the planetary ,jewels clustered about her in shining glory, but no dim speck against their splendor s110w011 where the wandering air -ship sailed (Moos, "Perhaps it has !(one down,” she thought, and her eyes wandered to the river, of which she caught silvery gleams in the distance ns it wandered on to lose itself in the hay. "Drowned, perhaps," she muttered, mud saw in fancy their dead faces dripping with the brine of the sea when they should be discovered at last, those helpless victims of her =lice., Shuddering, she turned from this grew some vision to other musings, "What a clmage has cone over nae! she cried, in wonder, as she 'Waliked slowly up and down the luxurious apartment. "When I came to Arcady, a month ago, I seemed the calm -face,( recto, who' disapproved of me. mud daired to swath at nae from his pulpit —rat, me, Loraine Lisle, who have scorn- ed 0 hundred men of higher rant: than he. Yet now—now I would kneel, span- iel -like, at his feet for 0110 word of love, for one caress. I love Lim, love him! Strange contrariety of my yams) s na- tore, that I am attracted always by the unattainable! It was Eugene Fair. lie's keenly felt scorn that attracted me fust, that made me vow to win him. But I failed, and at this moment he feels the full force of my vengeance! Ah, but does he? There's the rub! Ho is drift- ing to his death, but not alone. By his side is the one fair woman he adores, Deny it though he did, I read his secret in those grave brown eyes when they turned so often on her baby face, with Its dimpling smile and wild -rose bloom. There is some consolation for hitn in her presence. They will die together, rued even though icer last thoughts be of the husband from whom she was so strangely parted, 111 death she will be Eugene Fairl!e's," A mocking, discord- ant laugh filled the room, and Loraine, pausing, suddenly before a full-length mirror, contemplated her reflection with startled eyes, "How pale 1 an—limy my eves glare! I look like a beautiful fiend! she nuns Insect, hoarsely, as, leaning on her el. how and staring into the gleaning eyes Ih0timet ,hors in the mirror, she wenhon in fitful:501110(1101 "I am .5 fiend, I' sup pose, for but a -few hours ago I was driven maid by the discovery of a fatal secret •in uty; life—a secret too hard to • bear witli impuity, so I took arms against 0, and I have cotgoiefod Fate, Ha! haft she is out of my way; the baby - faced creature who, ever since I 11101 saw her, little more than a month ago„ has persistently come between me and all that I most prized! But I always meant to punish he'—always, and I have kept my vow 1" At that word she shuddered and look- ed behind ho', as if expecting to behold the ghastly wraith of Gerald Holmes, with his pallid, menacing finger pointed nt, her 111 reproach and anger for her broken vow; lint nobload.curdling spat• ler was there. and with a sign o1 relief she flung herself down upon her conch, tossed her round white arms. over her head, and whispered with a tender, cb'eanty smile; "Oh, those glorious moments alone, up in the 'due empyreal with my love my love—let me call him that! He need not knows flow fresh and exhilar- ating was the pure air, how the silvery mOealiglit shone upon ns, and how pas- siottatcly lay heart leaped at finding myself 1010110 with hint for those few blessed moments when no one could in- terrupt us! T crept nearer to him; I clasped his arm with boon heeds and whispered imploringly: 'You will not mind If I sling to you a little? 1 am frightened at the strangeness of it all! ]loe, 111101 seen avfulto you? 'Ye two tie 1111 alone up here among the stars— as much alone as were Adam and jive in Paradise.'" .1 dt,,uny, tender smile curved her beeutifnl lips rat the memory of the kind end gentle sniffle with Which he looked down at her r and :did: "ft is s r:Inge the you should feel iriebt'ncd, for ill eons".htusness of such 1gctifiness is overpowered in me by a sort of mental buoyancy and exhilara- tion. I find it delightful, ,hiss Lisle. Only feel how pure and fresh is this high air. See crow the geldel light of the stars sifts through the titin, clear at- mosphere. Do you not thiel:"—gently— "that we. seem a little nearer to God and the angels?" Loraine recalled with a blush of rap- ture how she had sighed and ex. claimed: "01t, how good you are, Mr. Vane! While I am dizzy tvitll such fear that I can not even enjoy the novelty of my position, you are filled with sweet' and reverent droughts. ft is no wonder that Vivian, your pretty yotutg wife, seems Simply a Shredded Wheat wafer, containing in tho smallest bulk all the nutriment and strength -giving material of the whole wheat. Appetizing and always ready to serve. Delicious as a Toast, with Butter, Cheese or Fruits. Sold by all grocers. 952 sin Galin, and saintly. It iS your infli eine. One grows better by merely liv- ing near you. Even I—wild,'wilful Lor- aine, as I have been called—even 1 tet , better i had such a stilt be a luttct gel f t d land and noble husband." "May you find one even nobler and better sortie day, my dear Miss Lisle," the rentor answered, gently, but site felt the arm that she, clasped tremble slightly et the wistful passion of her ids, and she knew that he was not altogether ice, Given such at romantic scene as this, and so enchanting a conrp,asion, and even 0 rector ofthirty might be some- what; moved, She looked up at him with wistful eyes, and her voice !grew find, with emo- tion as she sighed: "Perhaps no reallygoo man will1 ever love me, 'Mr. A'one. , 'You know, do you not, that people tellfalse and cruel st:o'- ies of 1110'1 They sity I am a heartless serviette, Do you boliev them?" ",No, I do not," the rector answered, warmly. "I believe that you have a true, kind, womanly heart." "God bless you," Loraine cad. She bent her hard impglsivoly and pressed her warm lipid on his lio.nd, "You have 11a0 tno happy by those words!" she cried: "811 you do believe 'in me? Sou thank n good man 0011111 love me?" "Yes," heanswered, in a low voice; rid she cried: "Ther I shall not envy Vivian so much hereafter. I 5111111 know that she is not the only woman who could have won you, If you had net ole first you could perhaps have loved ire, Was net that what you meant?" Paul Voile was embarrassed by the di- rectness of tine question—troubled, too, that iie found his heart beating so tu- multuously es this lurking, dirk -eyed girl ehutg close to his arm whispering to 111111 in her sad, half -loving fashion. Her eyes clung to lois face with a fond. miss that disconcedted 11101, "Suss Lisle, we are about to descend, ,A110 you not „lid? he exclaimed. "No; I nor sorry she ;Marched, with sudden, reckless passion. "I have had n few happy minutes that must end, alas! too soon• Up here, ell alone, yen were Mine. A moment Mire and you belong, ^.in to Vivian alone" • "But I an pm friend, 1ot'ti. e—w"u' {Timid," he said. seethino1y, m'yin t jsur, fin , to -misunderstand those strange, wild words:. "Yost call me Loraine! Oh. hot' kind! Yon ere net angry, thorn, of any 11n011- 1 oss?" she murmured, trinmphnntly, Tart, there was no reply. The b011sot had made a rapid descent. and at this teeniest they touched solid earth again. CHAPTER XX. Paul Vane cow his young wife look- ing at hili with 00 wager, wistful smile, and leaving ,hiss Lisle with Gordy Ilall, who hod been on duty to hand her gal- lantly down the steps, he went over to where she sat on a rustic bench, with Beryl -Meadows on one skis and the poet 00 the other, The young couple son' welt naw'y to take their eagerly longed -feu' balloon n'eeesien. and the rec- tor 'vas alone with his wife, "Paul, I envied Hiss Lisle her trip with yon!" she exclaimed, Impulsively. "I hope you diel not mind, my darl- ing," he said, tenderly. "Yon ser, I was with her when she was asked to make the first ascent, and it was merest cour- tesy- 011 my side to nceept the invitation. But how 1011011 more I should have en- joyed it, any pet, with yon!" "You will go up again with me, then, Poop?" sleasonly', 180 y,n1 itlearlked, tof110,d3011 Wish'to. 'go , Vivien?' Vint vcfi]• not be frightened? Yoh are sore it can not hurt •3,0t11" he asked, anxiously. • "I should like it so omnis—with you, Petit f lave asked Mrs. Lisle, and she thought 1. might Venture." she answered, eagerly; and though ho felt just 0 little 1ne0sy over the trip in l'ivian's delicate state •of healon just now, ho did not have the heart to offer n, single objec- tion. His dialing oust not be crossed lin a single wish of her heat no0. So he cheerfully assented, and stet still for some time on the little bench, with her white hand clasped tightly in his, speak- ing little, but watching her with adoring eves, thinking that she 'looked like an engol with that aureole of moonlight above her fair brow and golden Loire x011 with her chess of some pale shieiegldne stuff that looked silvery white in SIM 1000013111. A white. embroidered Senn, 1)110 dr(1wn for protection about the half -bare shoulders of her everting dress, and caught at the throat with a long silver a'1'011', with a jewelled head. Some long wreaths of featho'y- white clematis trailed from he corsage below her waist, giving almost et bride - like air 'to the exquisite sim- plicity of ha costume. Yes, she was lovely as a dream, and the mat's heart, that a moment or two ago had throbbed with strange, unrest at another's honey- ed words and glances, returned shill eager zest to its alley anee and rested in her with subdued rapture. Suddenly one of the servants from Ar- e011y (wrenched (aim with a message., 0011110nany him to the death-hed of one of his parishioners some distance away, and he rose, pained at the news, bit bitterly reluctant to go, feeling his whole heart drawing hint hack to tie fair young wife whose red lips quivered in childlike grief. t'1'• fie continued.) The source of all intestinal troubles is the common house fly; his buzz is the first symptom of typhoid. Wilson's Fly Pad is the only thing that kills them 011, Surprising. "I Have here," said the long-haired visitor, who had wandered into the sport- ing editor's room by mistake, "I have here a short poen I wrote on ',Niagara Falls.'" "Don't soy!" snorted the sporting edi- tor. "How in thunder did ,you keep year paper from getting wet?"—The Catholic Standard 'and Times. FROM GIRLHOOD TO MIDDLE LIFE All Women Need the Rich, Red Blood Dr. Williams' Fink Pills Actually bake. From girlhood to middle life the health and happiness of every \ro- roam depends on her blood, if her blood is poor and watery she be. 00111es weak, languid, pale and nerv- ous. If' her blood supply is irregular she suffers from headaches and back- aches and other unspeakable distress which only women know. At every stage of a woman's life Dr. Williams Pink Pills are her best friend, be- cause they actually malls the rich, red blood which gives health and strength and tone 0 every organ of the body. They help a woman just when nature snakes the greatest de- mand upon her blood supply. Mrs. H. Gagnon, who for twenty years line been one of else best knownresi- dents of Sr Roches, Quer, 011Y0 "Dr. Williams' Pinl: Pills have been a blessing to me. f was weak, worn out and scarcely able to drag my- self about. I suffered from head- aches and dizziness, my appetite was poor and to attempt houseworit left e utter];; wm'n out. I slept badly at night and what sleep I got did not refresh me. For nearly three years I was in this condition and 10110 constantly taking medicine, but found no benefit from it. One of my neighbors who load used Dr. Wil- liams' Pink fills with .much benefit, advised me to try them. I did so, and the whole story is told in the words s ' I am well again,' There are times yet when I take the pills for the troubles which so many women suffer," Dr, Williams' Pink Pills do not net on the bowels. They contain just the elements that actually make new blood and strengthen the nerves. That's why they cure anaemia, indi- gestion, rheumatism, lumbago, head- aches, backaches, boort palpitation .rad skin dnsenses like pimples and eczema. That is wiry they are the greatest help in the world for grow - m;: girls who need new blood and for women who are troubled with irregu- lar health. Sold by all medicine dealers or by inail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for 52.50 from The Dr, VWihlia'nns' 11e'licin. Co llroclevil] bated1 as it is knee that miser es . Prof. Gates, of Washington, demou,tl,tt- cd, breeds n real poison ill the system; as it is realized that telepathy is as everyday fact causing q n salsa o hilly - , t t I ace n, n nes el mind l a .d m a l c beget similar mood. In the new senile(' tbonehts au. ledeg classed us things 'h go wherever se, send then', aid that sent or unseat in- fringe upon the minds of our a . eein- tion to work weal or woe, As the tete and influence of desires, thoughts,. emotions is better understood many 0 mood that is carelessly indnlgcd in by men of to -da' will be re'a�',cted a0 crimi- nal In the greater andfagminds of the coming race. hatred Pint Gntes terms the' deadliest poison known to science, a»dl-avers that the ptomaines a in- resulting from a two loo's' 1lssiniat0 b u 1 indulgence of hale suffice to kill a man. Nevertheless, even hatred has had its goodly uses. So long as (.here is a pos- sibility of imitating an man of unibrtu- nate habits his neighbor instinctively hales him. So long as there is a possi- bility of committing n wrong the heart instinctively loathes it. jealously is another' liaison But the learned folk tell eruditely of its past benefits in preserving the home and its present, uses in the lwtsiness world mrd in the polities of nations, For wherever there is national or commetiai compe- tfon there is jealousy, The only way whereby jealousy will be superseded is in the establishing of a new sa'ial oiler where competition will he abolished and where 011 peoples will live together as one nation. • THE • ELECTRIC CRATER. Centre of Light in Carbons of Arc Lamp. Everybody knows that an arc light Is foram. ed by causing an electric current to pass betwoon the points of two carbon rods. Ono or these is called the positive and the other the negative electrode and the current passes front the formor to the latter. I artictcr, of carbon axe oersted an from the positive elec- trode until its end'bocames cupahaped. /ro the Ilan, cup thus formed tho none of crater Is applied, and from this water lour- flltte of time light is 0mi toal, The negative electrode docs not become as ho, 0.' tis other. Between the two n little cloud of vaporized carbon is formed, rising front m •the crater, and this vapor gives fort t , ,awn yellow light. I1ut it 10 overpowered i Me light of the crater 0,101, v9,ic❑ 1,0; i 'icict ting,, due to the Incandescence of solid par- tinles et carbon. The aro of tight est"tided free, ono electrode to the other elo has 00 0010 of violet color, which to l ,est brilliant port. Tbo fact that most of he luminosity tomes from the crater e ,Irmo the 00100n why the light does no .n• equal In n11 directions. It Is the bei meet from that point of view which bao, i00 c e largest portion o1 the crater, Ont.- An lnterceting effect Is often nothel whom (sloe or other insects flutter about tin ore 11001. Their shadow's oast on 0 neighboring w',I1 appear gigantic. The reason Is 1.11111 the light of the crater 1s concentrated in n point smaller them the bodies of the insects, and the boundaries of the sha,lows consequently widen with Increase of distance. Criminal Passions Become Obsolete. (b'y Ada May firecker.) The zoologists speak of vestigial stree- tures, meaning such relics as the sen'- pcnt's souvenirs of legs, the horse's knee glands, which some suppose are rem - mints of the liquid scent bags they used in the wild state to leave a trail for their cctiwades; man's appendix. Long ago, in the earlier stages of evolution, these otgaas played useful roles. .At the present stage, however, the animal has transcended the need of them and finds them nuisances in the pursuit of Itis normal life. It is not otherwise with the "sins," the vestigial structures of the metal nature, that trouble the gentle human conscience, for they all point bock to earlier stages in the min's development when Ise found, useful and indispensable habits, that no longer help blit iniipete his grobrass; Murder, the arch crime, is' a necessity, to cannibal plants and am imale. Snakes and tigers and lions have no other fare than live prey. Even so in the early human stages. Conditions and physical adaptation are so differ- ent is there humble orders of life for the struggle to exist that our criterions cannot apply. Falsehoods as virtues may be traced at least as far bac(: 00 the early deceits of such little animals as contrive to look like leaves or twigs or stones or the soft brown earth and tints elude their enemies, All through the animal realms deceit, in varied ;phases, ,10 a necessity of life. Tittle wonder, then, that most people regard falsehood 0s useful, even necessary, a necessary evil, perhaps, but ,till neces- sary, still a factor in the smuggle for existence, They do not know how to compass their ends without it. If they repudiate falsehoods direct, then they resort to white lies. pre'a'ications, lip veracity, hot false onpressions. A man talking with Mark Twain oh - saved that 0 took a clever main to place a lie. But the humorist replied that it took a far cleverer matt to tell tie truth, to thrive in spite of it. Any bra ssiness :Hien who has dealt with primi- tive peoples knows how 111110Nt it is to find a satisfactory arrangement. They are tricky and unreliable to the last degree. The civilized merchant has at least got far enough to declare that "honesty is the hest policy." Revenge is another primitive virtuo. The old lapane0e had 0 story' of forty. seven knights who pledged themselves to avenge the death of their lora. In modern lifie more 0aliered are those who ean forgive, who can bless those that persecute and de'pimfnlly use them, Eret Ilnaa s story of 1'ennes- e-a', Vardar' ! a res the hero's mar- velous forgiveness of :1 noun who had wronged him in itis work and in his hone. The latest petal asylums 000 for reform, not punishment, Some would abolish capital punishment. This is a public forgiveness, a state overcamiig evil with good, Anger is a vice that isnot taken al- together seriously to -day, but will be- come a vestigial structure in coating day's when ]nigher standards of conduct prevail. The majority of people still think it only right to get vexed on oc- ession; they speak of a "proper tear per" or of "righteous indignation." ilut the appreciation of the soft 0nswe0 that tu1)110111 away wrytdr is growing, and it villi grow tlodcaLly as the subtle and momentous effects of aver are .1110 - .r ANXIOUS MOMENTS FOR YOUNG I OTIii R . The hot weather months are an aas- ious tfmc lo' ail infidels, but paa:cil- larly for young mothers. They are the • most fatal months in the year for ,: hies and young children, because of ti- eat prevalenec of st:,:udclt and bowel (am- bles. 'thee come almost without w 0.,- ing, and often before the mother 10)) izes that there is danger the little one ;may he beyond aid, It is the dory tit every maims to use ill reasonable 1n ceau- tions to ward off summer co up: i t . For this purpose no othee .in,' c:rr equal 11ly's (,ia ' b1,,,. ji 00(1101011M dose will keep the soros til and havens free from offending whetter, and will ensure the little one good health. If the trouble domes unexpect- edly the Tablets will speedily ears it, Every ]tome, therefore, should keep tau Tablets on hand alw tS they ems: b.; the meows of saving you child's life They are geturonteed Ivo( ,froin .,planes and narcotics, and may be give)] with perfect safety to atnew hero babe, sold by medicine dealers or by mail at '-'ii cents a box from the �Dr. V; i!lie, v -s:' Medicine Co., Brockville, Oa. Difficult Railroading, The exceedingly difficult country over chielr Austei,t railroads are censtrueted, necessarily making the cost of operating stearal locomotives excessive, lies caused the nt]I00)' officials to study the guess tion of cicetricnl traction. • It is 'note proposed to electrify 2,000 111110, of 111.1k line system. The Arlberg tome], which serves a large traffic and is seven miles long, will be the first section considered. While the Government has not definite- ly decided on any one system for all the lines, the three-phase will, it is said, be adopted for the Arlberg section. She Had to Give Tim Eriouglr,. A Genian woman was once accused of poisoning her husband. At the dist the proseeutting ,attorney said to ha: : "'You Lave head the evidence. 'rhe body contained enough arsenic to kill ten persons, What here you to Say?' 1h lu sb rad,' the woman i,i 'ored, was it hip enter.' '